Inline purge capability (purge while run) to improve system...

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2007-08-28

2007-08-28

Lee, Susan (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Diagnostics

Consumable

C399S072000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11120342

ABSTRACT:
A method controlling toner age in a developer housing including: recording a latent image in a predefined image frame on an imaging surface; and generating a purge patch in an unused portion of the predefined image frame. Other features include generating an inline purge signal to initiate generating of the purge patch; recording the purge patch includes scaling the purge patch to fit in the unused portion of the predefined image frame; activating or inactivating the generating of the purge patch based upon an amount of unused portion of the image frame.

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